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Fourth day of "school"

Posted on April 09, 2009
A little better each day. He was fine until we got to the classroom. He started crying when I took off his coat, but it wasn't the wailing and clutching routine of the past few days. I gave him a big hug and said goodbye. As I walked out the door, the teacher went over to him and said, "K, would you like to read a book with me?" and I heard him sob, "Yes!"He'll be fine...

Third day of "school"

Posted on April 08, 2009
Some resistance to getting dressed, but after we chased each other around the kitchen for a while he consented to putting a shirt on.As I got him dressed, he looked at me and said, "Lina house." Like yesterday, he got upset when I told him we were going to school...

Second day of "school"

Posted on April 07, 2009
Morning:NO to getting out of bed, NO to getting changed, NO to breakfast.I eventually wrangle him into a fresh diaper and clothes and get him out into the living room.I pack his lunch and fix both of our breakfasts while he plays across the room. Hey, that wasn't so bad...

First day of "school"

Posted on April 06, 2009
Today K started his new daycare, a.k.a. "school" (they do have a preschool class, but he's in the Toddler II room right below that). We've been bringing him there to play a few times a week, just to get him used to it, and we've been talking to him about leaving Mrs...

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Crash

Posted on April 05, 2009
Saturday we passed a group of people on the street who were listening to a woman discuss the best places to buy pistachios in the neighborhood. I nudged JW. "I think that's Ana Sortun!" "Who?" "The chef at Oleana." He rolled his eyes. "How am I supposed to know that? You're the only one who knows who these people are...

Weekend baking

Posted on April 04, 2009
Last weekend I made icebox cupcakes. I was intrigued by the icebox cake concept (chocolate wafers + whipped cream, stacked and softened overnight) and needed a dessert to bring to a big party, so it seemed like a good opportunity. For each "cupcake," I used four or five wafers with whipped cream lightly sweetened with confectioner's sugar and spiked with Bailey's...

Growing up

Posted on April 01, 2009
K is growing into his two-ness. You can have an entire conversation with him now. Example:K: Sad.Me: Who's sad? K: K sad.Me: Why are you sad?K: Because... toys over there. (He points to his toys at the far end of the tub, where he can't reach.)Sometimes he just says "because" and trails off, but I like that he understands the concept of "why" and "because...

J.D., finally

Posted on March 25, 2009
The long road to law school graduation:June 2008: Parents and in-laws (who insisted on the ceremony in the first place) descend on Cambridge with cameras. I put on my cap and gown and walk across the stage to receive my empty diploma folder. People who don't know me well say "Congratulations" and I smile and nod...

Special occasion

Posted on March 24, 2009
K missed his bedtime for the second time EVER (the first time was just a few weeks ago, for a relative's birthday party). He didn't care. He got to eat cake. And we got to be in the room with the man himself, Dan Pawson, while his on-screen past self become the Ultimate Jeopardy Champion! It was hilarious to see Becca matter-of-factly point at the TV and say, "Daddy...

My first securities filing

Posted on March 23, 2009
I did my first securities filings last week!(You can tell you're still in the honeymoon phase of your job when you get excited over email from the SEC.)It was a little frustrating because everything got done at the last minute, so I was sweating over each delay in the process...

Sunday cooking

Posted on March 22, 2009
I've been obsessed with Smitten Kitchen lately, and today I made two Smitten-inspired recipes.For breakfast, we had lemon-ricotta pancakes. I could never resist ordering ricotta pancakes I saw them on a brunch menu (past tense because, post-baby, I can't remember when we've gone out for brunch)...

Grapefruit yogurt cake

Posted on March 19, 2009
I was going to work out, but instead I baked a cake. I blame the New York Times. I was being industrious and looking up something work-related when the NYT wedding announcement of one of our clients popped up, so of course I had to go look at that, and then they had their list of frequently emailed articles on the side, and one thing led to another...

Bostonian's lament

Posted on March 18, 2009
Warning! I am about to commit two cardinal sins of blogging: (1) whining (2) about the weather.I lasted until mid-March, but now I'm calling it. I am officially sick of being cold. I'm tired of wearing three layers indoors, tired of my eyes watering and nose running when I stay outside too long, tired of jogging in place in the shower...

Pinkeye

Posted on March 17, 2009
I may have yelled at K more this weekend than I have in his whole life. I'm usually pretty good with the gentle discipline, but when the child is trying to kick you as hard as he can while simultaneously yanking a poop-filled diaper out from underneath him, it's not the best time for a discussion about consequences...

Symphony in ABC

Posted on March 16, 2009
Q, R, S, T, U, V, Double-Y, and... Z!

Two things I learned in the past two days

Posted on March 13, 2009
1. Vermouth is wine! All this time I thought it was nonalcoholic.2. You can graduate from an unaccredited law school and still become a lawyer in certain jurisdictions. (Did I say I went to Harvard Law? I meant Herbert Law.)I learned this after looking up the Massachusetts School of Law...

Things we have eaten

Posted on March 12, 2009
Some things we've cooked lately:Basic seared scallops from Joy of Cooking. Dredge 3/4 pound of scallops in 1.5T flour + salt + marjoram, sear in a little olive oil over medium-high heat for 3 minutes on each side, remove from pan. Reduce 1/2 cup white wine (we used vermouth for the kid's sake) and 2t balsamic vinegar in the same pan to make a sauce...

In the past 2 weeks...

Posted on March 10, 2009
K turned 2, had a party with a duck cake and babies running around. He's like me -- he needs to take breaks from parties. So every half hour or so, he asked to go to bed and hung out in his crib reading books for a few minutes before heading back to the party...

Shunting trucks and hauling freight

Posted on February 26, 2009

Baby corporate lawyer

Posted on February 23, 2009
After three weeks, I know a lot more about corporate law. But I still know very little about corporate law.Work has been slow. I'm on a very complex deal, so there's not a whole lot I can do to contribute. I have some pro bono nonprofit work, but other than that I don't really have ways to get work...

Almost two

Posted on February 20, 2009
K's conversation on his toy phone in the tub: "Hello. I listening monkey song. Then, Thomas movie!" He's going to be two in a week. A friend who's expecting soon told me about the tiny clothes she had bought. I remember seeing the 12 month pajamas on the same rack while shopping for newborn pajamas, and thinking they were impossibly huge...

Work goals

Posted on February 19, 2009
I wrote about my pre-law school goals. Now that school is over and I'm starting my new career, here's a new set of goals for the years to come. For the first two years, don't even think of being unhappy or bored. Just learn as much as possible. It's all training for whatever comes next...

Looking back on law school

Posted on February 18, 2009
Before I started law school, I wrote two posts about my goals: Things I want to do in law school and How I hope law school will change me. I thought at the end of school, I'd go back and reflect on my expectations and what had actually happened. But actually, I moved on pretty quickly...

Work continues

Posted on February 15, 2009
Not much to say there. I'm on a deal, but given that I have a whopping two weeks of experience, I'm doing stuff that's a notch above secretarial work. Not that I'm complaining -- I'm happy to do whatever I can.I read these two books, Jagged Rocks of Wisdom: Professional Advice for the New Attorney by Morten Lund, and The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book: A Survival Guide by Thane Messinger...

The juggle begins

Posted on February 07, 2009
Here's our new schedule:6 a.m.: Everybody wakes up. (We set the alarm, but usually we hit snooze and are woken up by a yelling toddler before it goes off again.)6:45 a.m.: JW leaves for work.8 a.m.: K and I leave for daycare and work.4 p.m.: JW leaves work to pick up K...

But I do see that

Posted on February 01, 2009
K: Underneath. Can't reach! Underneath!Me: Do you need help?K: Yes. Mommy get it!Me (peering under couch): I don't see it.K: But I do see that.Whoa. Did we just have a conversation? When did this happen?K has figured out "Yes I do" and "No I don't" lately, which has added quite a bit to his conversational abilities...

Reading list

Posted on January 31, 2009
I passed a happy hour in the local bookstore browsing through all the fiction from A to Z, and have been getting a few recommendations. Here's my new to-read list:The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael LewisAmerican Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (book club)Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born by Tina CassidyAsk For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want by Linda Babcock and Sara LascheverOpening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren SlaterYour Brain Is (Almost) Perfect: How We Make Decisions by Read MontagueFamily Planning by Karan MahajanThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy*The Position by Meg WolitzerThings I've Been Silent About by Azar NafisiSlam by Nick HornbySongs Without Words by Ann PackerThe Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama* I could have sworn I read this book years ago, and I can't count how many times I've left it untouched on bookshelves thinking I had already read it...

Reading roundup

Posted on January 29, 2009
Catching up on about six months' worth of non-law reading. I don't remember everything I read, so this is based on my library records.Loved it: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon. Same guy who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, this time writing a domestic comedy about a guy who's convinced he has cancer...

Slow news day

Posted on January 24, 2009
The New York Times has an entire article, replete with map, of UK towns with embarrassing names.

23 months, almost

Posted on January 22, 2009
Dear K,You're going to be two soon! You're not really a baby anymore. When you were a newborn, we had to guess what was wrong when you cried. When you were one, we could usually figure it out, but we could pretend we didn't understand when you asked for a sip of Daddy's beer...

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